Bed bugs on the rise

BLUEFIELD, WV (WVVA) - A hotel room may have hundreds of people staying in it throughout the year. Guests

sometimes unknowingly leave things behind. It could be clothes, a phone charger, or even a hairbrush.

But guests can also leave something else you may not be thinking of, bedbugs.

"It's an unpleasant thought you know, says Superintendent of Pipestem Resort Dave Caplinger. The idea that something might be biting on you in the night and you're unaware."

Caplinger says one of the biggest fears in hotel management isn't rowdy guests...but bed bugs.

"They are out there and they travel around on people. So it's inevitable that the possibility is there, that someone could bring them to your establishment," says Caplinger.

During the holidays people travel all over the world to visit family and friends, many stay at hotels or resorts and can either bring the bugs in or take them home.

"Bed bugs are transferred they don't magically appear," says Pete Farris.

According to Pete Farris, owner of pest control plus, cases of bed bugs have been on the rise for the last 10 years. And international travel doesn't help.

"Know what you are bringing into your home. Know who is coming into your home," says Farris.

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Bed bugs on the rise